Translation of: Cosmographia. Beschreibung aller Lender. 1544. First published in French, 1552

Publication statement from colophon. H. Petri was in Basel

There is another issue with variant spellings on the title page: apartenances and d'iceluy

Signatures: [fleuron]⁶ a⁸ b⁴ A-E⁸ F⁴ G-I² K⁶ L¹° M-O⁸ P-Q² R-S⁸ T⁶ V² X⁶ Y-Z⁸ Aa-Gg⁸ Hh-Li⁶/⁸ Mm⁴ Nn² Oo-Pp⁴ Qq¹° Rr⁸ Ss-Tt⁶ Vu-Bbb²/⁴ Ccc⁴ Ddd⁸ Eee² Fff⁴ Ggg⁸ Hhh² Iii¹° Kkk-Mmm⁶ Nnn² Ooo-Ppp⁸ Qqq⁶ Rrr² Sss⁸ Ttt-Vuu⁴ Xxx⁶ Yyy⁴ Zzz⁸ BBb⁸ CCc⁴ DDd² EEe⁸ FFf⁴ GGg² HHh⁸ IIi-KKk⁶ LLl⁸ MMm⁴ NNn² OOo-RRr⁸ SSs⁶ TTt-ZZz⁸ AAaa-DDdd⁸/⁶ EEee⁶ FFff⁴ GGgg⁸ HHhh-IIii⁶ KKkk² LLll-SSss⁸ TTtt⁴ VVuu⁶ XXxx-YYyy⁸ ([fleuron]6 recto and YYyy8 blank; numerous missigned leaves; gathering AAa is reserved for one of the folding views

Numerous errors in pagination

Title page illustrated: two geometricians measuring a globe

There are 3 folding views which comprise eight pages each: the first found between pages 584 and 589 is numbered 585-588 with the first leaf signed Ccc3; the second between pages 742 and 751 has the first two pages numbered 687 and 688 with the first leaf signed Vuu2; the third between pages 820 and 825 has the first two pages numbered 821-822 with the first leaf signed AAa

Includes index

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy lacks double map 10 of Poland, double map 14 of the New World; half of the view of Worms (between pages 584 and 589), half of the view of Heidelberg (between pages 742 and 751), half of the view of Vienna (between pages 820 and 825); has title page with spellings: appartenances, diceluy, accroissement, transport

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